Braggs v. Hamm

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA, NORTHERN DIVISION EDWARD BRAGGS, et al., ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) CIVIL ACTION NO. v. ) 2:14cv601-MHT ) (WO) JEFFERSON S. DUNN, in his ) official capacity as ) Commissioner of ) the Alabama Department of ) Corrections, et al., ) ) Defendants. ) PHASE 2A OPINION AND ORDER ON MONITORING OF EIGHTH AMENDMENT REMEDY Previously, this court found that the State of Alabama provides inadequate mental-health care in its prisons in violation of the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment. See Braggs v.…